WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Today is Wednesday, November 19, the 324th day of 2008. There are 42 days left in the year.

1493 _ Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his second voyage

1863 _ Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg; ``Four score & seven years..."

1919 _ U.S. Senate rejects (55-39) Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations

1942 _ Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along the Don front

1949 _ Prince Rainier III coronation in Monaco

1969 _ Apollo 12's Conrad and Bean become third and fourth humans on the Moon

1977 _ Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel

1985 _ President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1st time

1990 _ Iraq announces it will free all German hostages

1994 _ First National Lottery draw in England